Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

The problem is not scarcity; the problem is power.

Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather than the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical economists.

Economics is a social science, not a physical science.

The total dividend income declared in 1995 by the bottom 9.7 million Canadian tax-filers (47% of all those submitting tax returns) was $310 million. The estimated dividend income received by the Thomson family in 1995 from its 72% ownership share of the Thomson Corporation and its 22% ownership share of the Hudson's Bay Company was $310 million.

If you want poor people to work you restore their incentive by giving them less, such as by cutting social services. If you want rich people to work you restore their incentive by giving them more, such as by cutting taxes.